What's your take on zeovit?

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Stinktooth

I only care about what it says on the box when I use it. Dose twice a month and I'm done. Zeovit imo takes up a lot of time and money.

Yes the instruction at the back of the box keeps on changing. If I had the box, I would have taken a snap and posted it here to prove. And if you look at my calculation I did few posts back, you will see that zeo is cheaper on the long run. Upfront cost looks high but those things last for a year and gets distributed over time. With prodibio, you are basically establishing the ULNS and will have to rely on supplements (like the zeovit foods) to maintain the corals, so in the end, the cost gets higher with prodibio no matter what. Would love to see if someone can disprove it

And I thought hobbyist believe "you get what you paid for". Wonder why someone wouldn't go to zeovit, which is a proven system (the dosing schedule is steep thats for sure but when it comes to cost, why not?)

[The Codfather]

I started zeo almost a month ago. The results I am getting are noticeable, I could see results after about 10 days. Now my tank has been running for about 18 months, so I'm just dropping the levels. I'm only adding zeo back and start, with 3L of zeovit and carbon.
I also joined the zeovit forum, very very helpful. They get back to you fairly quickly, and after several pm's I was on my way down the rabbit hole.
My algae problem is almost completely gone. I tried prodibio before for several months without these results. Just my opinion and thoughts are that you have to find a system that works for you. For me, that's zeo.
Bob

[waynemah]

I've done a huge price comparison in the past and zeo came out cheaper every time. I run the base system... Zeobak, Zeo food, coral snow, amino acids, Start (on a dosing pump), and change my Zeolites every 3-4 months. My phosphate and nitrate levels are barely detectable, even when I skip water changes for a month at a time. For 300 gallons of water volume, my yearly cost is $300-ish and I physically dose twice per week.

I've tried bio pellets in the start, which did an amazing job on the nitrates. Phosphates rose and I noticed problems with my corals.

Prodibio was way too expensive for my tank. It came out to almost double of what I'm doing with Zeovit now. Also cracking vials and dumping stuff in is more clunky than unscrewing a bottle and squeezing stuff in.